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CLC Wins Grant to Support Citizen-Led Redistricting Initiatives

Battery Powered, a giving program of The Battery, announced a grant to CLC of $250,000 to strengthen our work to end partisan gerrymandering and support the creation of independent redistricting commissions (IRCs) in states across the nation.

Latest Cases and Actions

Since Wilbur Ross was confirmed to his cabinet position as Commerce Secretary in February 2017, CLC has conducted vigorous oversight of his conduct, due to public concerns that his own financial interests conflict with the public interest.

CLC is fighting to protect the right of Maine citizens to use the electoral system they voted for by ballot initiative: ranked choice voting, which expands voter choice by allowing them to rank preferences for more than a single candidate.

The city of Virginia Beach has used an at-large voting system to elect members to the City Council since 1966. The lawsuit asks the court to change the City’s election system to district-based or ranked choice voting, which would allow minorities to elect their candidates of choice to the City Council.